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A62
sports
Sunday Guardian www.guardian.co.tt August 9, 2015
Tenth-ranked T&T Calypso Girls
fell to a second heavy defeat at the
Netball World Championships
when they were scolded by second
ranked New Zealand Silver Ferns,
38-74 at Allphones Arena, (formerly
known as the Sydney Super Dome
and Acer Arena), Olympic Park,
Sydney, yesterday.
Following a 32-73 loss to defending
Commonwealth Games and World
Champions Australia in their opener,
the Joelisa Cooper captained Calypso
Girls were hopeful of mounting a
better challenge to the four-time
champions Silver Ferns.
Butitwasnottobeasthedom-
inant New Zealand women followed
up their 73-28 thumping of ninth
ranked Barbados in their Pool A
opener with another lopsided win.
The high point for T&T in the
contest was the consistent play of
goal shoot, 21-year-old Samantha
Wallace as well as Rhonda John-
Davis, becoming the highest test-
capped player of the tournament
with 150 appearances for her coun-
try.The tight defensive Kiwi combi-
nation of Casey Kopua, Liana de
Bruin and Kayla Cullen provided
limited opportunities for their
Caribbean opponents with the trio
combining for three intercepts and
five deflections in the opening quar-
ter to limit the attempts of Wallace
and Cooper.
Wallace tallied eight from 11
attempts and Cooper, who worked
hard to create opportunities got four
from six while a key intercept by
teammate goalkeeper Kielle Connelly
saw the quarter time score close with
the Silver Ferns leading 16-12.
With some unforced errors creep-
ing into the Calypso Girls s game,
the Ferns were able to extend their
lead out to 12 at half time, 37-25,
despite some beautiful passages of
play from T&T and a stunning inter-
cept by wing defence Onella Jack.
The T&T camp also suffered a
scare when Candice Guerero fell hard
to the surface but she recovered to
start the third quarter.
With a comfortable lead New
Zealand made wholesale changes to
start the third quarter with Kayla
Cullen the only player remaining
unchanged at wing defence.
Sloppy ball handling also began
to take over the T&T game as they
committeed 11 turnovers in the third
quarter to fall further behind 33-56
despite the best efforts of Wallace
who added seven from nine attempts
after a nine goal second quarter.
At the start of the final quarter,
T&T coach Wesley "Pepe" Gomes
rotated his squad replacing Wallace
and Cooper with Afeisha Noel and
Kalifa Mc Collin while goal defence
Daystar Swift, who played most of
the first match was the lone player
not to see court time.
Despite the introduction of two
new shooters, T&T, joint champions
in 1979 with Australia and New
Zealand on home soil continued to
struggle offensively while New
Zealand continued their full court
pressure through the last quarter
with their connections proving too
much for the Calypso Girls, the Ferns
eventually running out 36 goal win-
ners.
Wallace ended with a team best
24 goals from 30 attempts for T&T
while Cooper added, nine from 11,
Mc Collin four from four and Noel
one from as many attempts while
Bailey Mes (21/25), Malia Paseka
(21/27), Maria Tutaia and Jodi Brown,
both with 16 from 20 were the scor-
ers for the Silver Ferns.
For yet another match, T&T was
guilty of too many penalties, 65 in
total mainly through vice-captain
and Goal Defence Kemba Duncan
(24) and Goal Keep, Kielle Connelly
(11) while the Caribbean women also
had 39 turn overs compared to their
opponents, 44 penalties and 20 turn
overs.
Last night, T&T went after its first
win when it came up against fellow
winless Caribbean team, Barbados
in both teams final preliminary round
match.
The Australian Diamonds, mean-
while lead the four-team pool on
goal-difference from the Silver Ferns
after an impressive 83-16 crushing
of Barbados infront of a parochial
Australian crowd.
In other matches, Uganda made
it two straight wins in Pool D, upset-
ting seventh ranked Fiji 61-40. Scot-
land got its first win in Pool B, 47-
36 over Samoa while third ranked
England rallied for a 54-50 triumph
over fourth ranked Jamaica in a feisty
contest.
South Africa bounced back from
its opening loss to Malawi by record-
ing its first win, 69-21 against Sin-
gapore.
Heavy rain showers did not
deter the crowds from coming out
to see the spectacle when the
Carib Great Race Parade and Boat
Show were staged around Port-
of-Spain yesterday. The parade
began at the Hasely Crawford Sta-
dium before going on to Wright-
son Road, Independence Square,
the Hyatt Regency and Ariapita
Avenue and then headed towards
Adam Smith Square for the boat
show.
There were activities for children
provided by Smalta, entertainment
on the Carib Trailer as well as the
opportunity to see the boats up
close.
Speaking to the Guardian yes-
terday, Carib marketing manager
Antron Forte said: "We had a lot
ofrainyesbutwehadalotofpeo-
ple that came out. The parade
down into Port-of-Spain was
excellent, we had a good turnout,"
he said.
"Usually at the parade, people
just get to see the boats pass by.
This year we wanted to have the
people see the boats up close and
touch them. The guys actually
opened up their hulls so people
could see the engines."
JELANI BECKLES
Rain prevented the T&T Red
Force Divas from winning its sec-
ond consecutive match in the
West Indies Women s Super50
Championships, after Stephanie
Ramcharan grabbed 5/9 against
the Windward Islands North at
Caldrac Ground in Couva, yes-
terday.
After the match was reduced to
a 44-over contest due to overnight
rain, the Windward Islands North
were reeling on 27/7 after 17.5 overs
when rain ended the match. After
persistent showers the umpires
called off the match at 3.20 pm,
as T&T had to settle for two points.
Medium pace bowler Ramcha-
ran still got the time to wreck
havoc, sending five batters back
to the pavilion in quick succession.
Falling victim to Ramcharan were
Nerissa Crafton (3), Swayline
William (2), Qiana Joseph (0), Gem
Eloi (0) and Stacy Adrien (0). Ram-
charan s nine-over spell included
four maidens.
Spin bowler Karishma
Ramharack, who grabbed 8/23 in
the opening match against the
Windward Islands South, took 1/3
in 1.5 overs. Stacy-Ann King
snatched the other wicket for T&T,
ending with figures of 1/14 in seven
overs, which included one maid-
en.T&T coach Gerald Garcia said
it was important for the team to
defeat the Windward Islands South
and the Windward Islands North,
as they are two of the weaker
teams in the tournament. Garcia
said: "The rain affected us. The
writing was on the wall and we
would have won this game. It was
two of the games that we targeted
to win because they are two of the
weaker teams."
T&T defeated Windward Islands
South by eight wickets on Thurs-
day.
Garcia praised Ramcharan, say-
ing, "She handled herself today
(yesterday) quite well, and I am
satisfied because it is something
we expect from her."
Round three will be played
tomorrow from 9.30 am.
Alan Sabeeney, Nigel Bhagan and Roger Bell, owners of the Rokey Boat Vortex, pose for a photo at the start
of the parade of the boats taking part in the Carib Great Race yesterday. Vortex is a fully-turbine-powered
boat and will be taking part in the 130m power Class. The boat is fitted with a 2T53 engine and is 50 feet
long. The men said that this is the first time the boat is taking part in this race and they plan on having lots of
fun. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR
WORLD NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Silver Ferns
deal heavy
defeat to
Calypso Girls
Great Race Boat show goes
on despite heavy rain
Ramcharan wrecks Windward
Islands North despite weather
SCORES
At Caldrac Ground: (44-over
match) Windward Islands North 27/7
(17.5 overs) (Raylin Cooper 6,
Stephanie Ramcharan 5/9, Stacy-Ann
King 1/14, Karishma Ramharack 1/3)
vs T&T - Match Abandoned
At Gilbert Park: Barbados vs
Guyana - Match Abandoned
At National Cricket Centre: (36-
over match) Jamaica 109/4 (29
overs) (Chedean Nation 43 not out,
Akeira Peters 2/20) vs Windward
Islands South - Match Abandoned
Tomorrow's matches
T&T vs Guyana, Caldrac
Barbados vs Windward Islands
South, National Cricket Centre
Windward Islands North vs
Jamaica, Gilbert Park